Dietary and endogenous amino acids are the main contributors to microbial protein in the upper gut of normally nourished pigs

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1088-1094

  Libao Mercado, Aileen Joy O ^b   Zhu, Cuilan L ^a   Cant, John P ^a   Lapierre, Hélène ^c   Thibault, Jean Noël ^d   Sève, Bernard ^d   Fuller, Malcolm F ^e   De Lange, Cornelis F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Cargill Animal Nutrition Philippines Inc   (Philippines)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN; PECTIN; PROTEIN; STARCH; UREA; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARROW (SWINE); DIETARY INTAKE; ILEUM; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOYBEAN; SWINE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; DIET; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SWINE;

GLYCINE MAX; SUIDAE;

EID: 66749098323     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.103267     Document Type: Article

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